Our healthy kids
Latest figures show a dramatic decline in blood-lead levels in two-year-old children in Port Pirie.This is considered to be a strong indicator of trends in lead exposure...
Tenpin bowling stars
Three of Port Pirie’s longest-standing tenpin bowlers have been acknowledged with induction into the South Australian Country Cup Hall of Fame.Joylene Dite, Maureen Mudge...
Australian Army thump world-class
The Australian Army’s premier land exercise for 2016 is set to give the Port Pirie township a buzz on Friday with a family open...
Community spirit shines
Sometimes sport means much more than goals scored and premierships won.For Crystal Brook Football and Netball Clubs, the sad news of a cancer diagnosis spurred them into...
Rob Perry laid to rest
A councillor attended a funeral service for local identity Rob Perry on station country near Peterborough.Cr Neville Wilson said Mr Perry, who had been “one...
‘Exciting’ times: Chamber
Traders have been encouraged by reports of “exciting” times ahead for Port Pirie.Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mark Hanlon said in his yearly...
Award for ex-smelter chief
Former smelter chief Denby Ward has been honored by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.The institute’s President’s Award is presented in recognition of notable...
Nosey: From the 1986 files
The first of this year’s jubilee 150 event, the Port Germein Crab Festival attracted 7,000 people on New Year’s Day.Funeral director Brian Meschke, on...
Vigil for Orlando
A candlelight vigil for Orlando is being held at Flinders View Park on Sunday, June 26.Members of the community are invited to come along...
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WHYALLA
PAYING RESPECTS
ANZAC COMMEMORATION - Saturday, April 18, Bunyarra Community Centre, 7pm, Whyalla Singers will perform stories and songs remembering POW lives lost in fall...
